Easy and Cute Manju Steamed Dumplings - flour

Method

• These are the ingredients.
• You can use heavy cream, but skim milk powder is healthier.
• Steam or bake the sweet potato beforehand.
• To make the sweet potato paste, peel the sweet potato, mash, and use a mortar and pestle to mix with the other paste ingredients while it's still hot.
• Adjust the texture by adding water.
• To make the dough, first stir together the sugar, instant coffee powder and 2 tablespoons of water in a cup and microwave for a short time.
• Mix well and leave to cool.
• Mix the baking soda and 1 teaspoon of water together first, then add the egg yolk and stir well.
• Combine the dough and baking soda mixture.
• Add this to the flour to make the manju dough and mix well.
• Shape into balls.
• The dough will be quite sticky, so dust your hands with flour.
• Wrap the sweet bean paste with the dough and place each dumpling onto a piece of parchment paper.
• Steam the manju in a steamy steamer
• If you don't have a steamer, place something that can act as a stand in a deep sauce pan.
• Choose something tall for this, so that the boiling water will not touch the manju.
• Place a plate on the stand.
• Cover the lid with a cloth so that the steam on the back of the lid will be absorbed by the cloth and won't drip on the manju.
• Ok!
• We're ready now.
• Put water in the bottom of the pan and heat over a high heat.
• When it starts to steam, arrange the manju on the plate in the pan.
• Cover and steam over high heat for 10 minutes.
• They should look really nice, plump and glossy.
• Leave to cool.
• Cool down with a fan to get smooth and glossy-looking manju.
• Microwave the ingredients for drawing the faces.
• When the sugar and powder have dissolved, draw faces onto the manju with a toothpick.
• I used almonds to make little rabbit ears.
• Inside is the sweet potato paste.